Industry Training Day demonstrates great progress

Monday, May 5th, 2008 Posted in Education, Employment, Labour's Achievements, Local Issues | No Comments »

Last week I had the opportunity to visit two Hutt Valley workplaces as part of Industry Training at Work Day, an opportunity to showcase on-the-job learning. As I used to work in the industry training field, I already had a ...

The Minimum Wage

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Posted in Employment, Labour's Achievements, National Party | No Comments »

Just in case you needed more convincing of how much better New Zealand workers are under a Labour-led government, the folks over at The Standard put together this graph to show growth in the Minimum Wage during the past two decades (give ...

Gains for workers continue

Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Employment, Labour Policy, Labour's Achievements | 2 Comments »

News that the Labour-led government is legislating to ensure that those working eight hours have a guaranteed meal break and two shorter paid rest breaks once again demonstrates how much better off Kiwi workers are under a Labour government. Trevor Mallard ...